How
does the Watchtower feels about examinning other beliefs? The Truth
that Leads to Eternal Life 1968, pg 13
The
Watchtower Bible & Tract Society made these claims & predictions
- They claim
to be a Prophet
- Wt,
1/15/1959, pg 40, 41 Whom has God actually used as his prophet?...Jehovah’s
Witnesses are deeply grateful today that the plain facts show that
God has been pleased to use them.
- Wt,
4/1/1972, pg 197 Who is this prophet?..Today they are known
as Jehovah’s Witnesses.
- Wt,
10/1/1982, pg 27 .....“prophet” class yet on earth.
The “war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Har-Magedon
could not start before this composite “prophet” ends his
work.
- They claim
to speak in Jehovah’s name
- They claim to be the official mouthpiece and channel
of Jehovah
- Wt,
7/1/1943, pg 203 He merely uses his "servant" class
to publish the interpretation after the Supreme Court by Christ
Jesus reveals it.
- Wt,
7/1/1943, pg 205 Jehovah speaks to us through his Son....He
has appointed his "faithful and wise servant", who is
his visible mouthpiece...These directions from the Lord come to
us as individuals...
Informant(KM), 1/1956, pg 1, ...And how does he speak? Through his
appointed channel of communication- his collective congregation
of anointed ones...the Watchtower...to dispense Jehovah's communications.
- Wt,
6/15/1957, pg 370 identify Jehovah’s channel of communication
for our day......respond to the directions of the “slave”
as we would to the voice of God, because it is his provision.
- Wt,
1/15/1959, pg 40, 41 ....Jehovah thrust out his hand of power
and touched their lips and put his word in their mouths.
- They claim
to have a chosen and secret organization with special knowledge and
angelic transmission
- Preperation, 1933 ,pg 36,
37 ,
64 .... ...transmission of information to God’s anointed
people...the angels transmit this information, we know that they
do it; the scriptures and the facts show that it is done...convey
the thoughts to their minds...To all on the outside of the organization
of Jehovah his is a secret organization.
- Holy
Spirit 1976, pg 175, 176 He put his word in the mouth of his
chosen people ....He has put his word, his message of the hour,
into the mouth of the spiritual remnant.
- Wt,
10/15/1980, pg 17 God gives his humble servants special knowledge
that others do not have... having advance knowledge from Jehovah,
his servants are equipped .....
- They claim Jehovah instructed or used them on certain
events
- Creation
1927, pg 121 Because it was the Lord’s due time to restore
these truths he used Charles T. Russell to write and publish books
known as Studies in the Scriptures by which the great fundamental
truths of the divine plan are clarified.
- They claim they are the beloved wife of Jehovah
and are our Mother
- They predicted the following dates as the battle
of Armageddon
- Zion’s
Wt, 1/15/1892, pg 1355, reprint .. “battle” is definitely
marked in Scripture as October, 1914.
- The
Time is at Hand, 1908, pg 101 ....the “battle of the great
day of God Almighty” (Rev.16:14) which will end in A.D. 1914,
with the complete overthrow of earth’s present rulership, is
already commenced.
- The Finished Mystery, 1917, pg 398,
399, 485
.... ........the people who are the strength of Christendom shall
be cut off in the brief but terribly eventful period beginning in
1918 A.D. A third part are “burned with fire in the mist of
the city.” .....After 1918 the people supporting churchianity
will cease to be its, supporters, be destroyed as adherents,...Also
in the year 1918, when God destroys the churches wholesale and the
church members by the millions....
- Vindication 1, 1931, pg 146,
338,
339 ..... ....years 1914,1918 and 1925 ..... they also learned
to quit fixing dates for the future and predicting what would come
to pass on certain dates....
- Wt,
9/15/1941, pg 288 ...in the remaining months before Armageddon.
- Wt,
5/1/1968, pg 273 Chart of dates 1975 end of 6th 1000-year day...2975
end of 7th 1000-year day....
- Aw,
1/22/1969, pg 16 Other Bible prophecies clearly foretell God’s
purpose to bring this wicked system to an end in a few years.
- Aw,
5/22/1969, pg 15 If you are a young person, you also need to
face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system
of things. .....all evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophecy indicates
that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. ....as a
young person you will never fulfill any career that this system
offers. If you are in high school and thinking about a college education,
it means at least four, perhaps even six or eight more years to
graduate into a specialized career. But where will this system of
things be by that time? It will be well on the way toward its finish,
if not actually gone!
- Wt,
10/15/1969, pg 622, 623 ....seventh millennium from man’s
creation by Jehovah God would begin in less than ten years.
- The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah, 1971,
pg 216 Shortly, within our twentieth century, the "battle in
the day if Jehovah" will begin against modern antitype of Jerusalem,
Christendom.
- Wt,
1/1/1989, pg 12 The apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian
missionary activity. He was also laying a foundation for a work
that would be completed in our 20th century. (This quote was later
changed in the WT bound volume to: He was also laying a foundation
for a work that would be completed in our day.)
- They blamed other religions for setting dates and
called them false prophets
- Aw,
10/8/1968, pg23 ...those in times past who predicted an “end
of the world”, even announcing a specific date...they were
guilty of false prophesying.
- Wt,
6/15/1974, pg 381 Similarly the “false prophet” is
not a person, but is a system or an organization. A “prophet”
claims to have inspired information for the direction of others.
- They predicted other events
- Wt,7/15/1960,
pg 444 In 1942 the “faithful and discreet slave” guided
by Jehovah’s unerring spirit made known that the democracies
would win World War II .... “faithful and discreet slave”
has been tipped off ahead of time.....
- The generation of 1914 that would not pass away
has changed to a contemporary generation. (Another failed prediction)
- All the literature before 1995 spoke of the generation
that was 10-15 years old or born during 1914 would not pass away
before Armageddon. [ 1
- 2
- 3 - 4
- 5 ]
- Wt,
11/1/1995, pg 17 Rather than provide a rule for measuring time,
the term “generation” as used by Jesus refers to a contemporary
people of a certain historical period.....
Charles Taze Russell delt in pyramidology
, astrology , sungod emblems and Masonic imagery
- Russell measured pyramid tunnels to verify his
dates 1874, 1878, 1881, 1914 , 1915 and 1918, Rutherford continued this
pyramidology until 1928 then said it was under the direction of Satan
the Devil
- Russell used the symbol of the sungod Ra on the
covers of his books
- Russell used the symbol of the sungod Ra on the
covers of his books
- Jehovah’s Witnesses Proclaimers of God’s
Kingdom, 1993, pg 88, Has a picture the books “The Finished
Mystery” and “ Pastor Russell’s Sermons” with
the symbol on it. (See scanned copy of "The
Divine Plan of The Ages" and "The
Finished Mystery" with the sungod Ra symbol)
Did Jesus choose the “Faithful
& Discreet Slave” of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society
in 1919 as a pure and true organization? Lets examine their teachings
in around that time period to see just what Jesus would have seen.
- Predicted Armageddon in 1914 & 1918
- Zion’s
Wt, 1/15/1892, pg 1355, reprint ...“battle” is definitely
marked in Scripture as October,1914.
- The
Time is at Hand, 1908, pg 101, ....the “battle of the great
day of God Almighty” (Rev.16:14)which will end in A.D. 1914,
with the complete overthrow of earth’s present rulership, is
already commenced.
- The Finished Mystery, 1917, pg 398,
399, 485,
...the people who are the strength Of Christendom shall be cut off
in the brief but terribly eventful period beginning in1918 A.D.
A third part are “burned with fire in the mist of the city.”
.....After 1918 the people supporting churchianity will cease to
be its, supporters, be destroyed as adherents,... Also in the year
1918, when God destroys the churches wholesale and the church members
by the millions....
- Taught the White race was superior, and Blacks
could change to White in the “New System”.
- Zion’s
Wt, 10/1/1900, pg 2706, reprint, Though once as black as charcoal,
the Rev. Mr. Draper is now white. His people say that his color
was changed in answer to prayer.
- Zion’s
Wt, 7/15/1902, pg 3043, reprint, While it is true that the white
race exhibits some qualities of superiority over any other, we are
to remember that there are wide differences in the same Caucasian
(Semitic and Arvan) family...
- The
Golden Age,7/24/1929, pg 702, ...when Noah said, "Cursed
be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren,"
he pictured the future of the Colored race.
Why are you baptized in the Father,
the Son and the Spirit of the Organization?
- Baptized only in the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit.
- Wt,
7/1/1955, pg 411 A Christian, therefore, cannot be baptized
in the name of the one actually doing the immersing or in the name
of any man, nor in the name of any organization, but in the name
of the Father, the Son and the holy spirit. This shows, among other
things, that Christianity is not a denominational affair, that sects
have nothing to do with it.
B. Dedicated to God and his "spirit-directed organization"
(the Watchtower Society).
- Wt,
6/1/1985, pg 30 Do you understand that your dedication and baptism
identify you as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with
God’s spirit-directed organization?
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